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Thomas C. Lynch

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Thomas Conner Lynch (May 20, 1904 – May 29, 1986) was an American lawyer who served as District Attorney in San Francisco and then as Attorney-General of California from 1964 to 1971. He was appointed to the post by Governor Pat Brown in 1964 to succeed Stanley Mosk, who was appointed to the state Supreme Court by Brown. He placed third in the 1968 California Democratic presidential primary, behind Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy.

Legal offices
Preceded by California Attorney General
1964–1971
Succeeded by